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Next Generation Predator

Directors brief the Situation Room on field tests of the Next Generation Predator at Camp Red Cloud, Korea, where its night vision capabilities undergo evaluation. Leo, Miles Hutchinson, and the directors track progress on this surveillance drone amid global updates, its remote operations highlighting advanced unmanned tech amid tense interagency talks.

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Purpose

Surveillance and targeted strikes with night vision capabilities under field testing

Significance

Quick update punctuates routine briefing, framing U.S. military tech edge before Khundu casualty clash exposes Pentagon tensions

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S4E14 · Inauguration Part I

Situation Room: Khundu Numbers and Interagency Blowup

The Next Generation Predator is invoked by Director 1st at the very start to establish the Situation Room's rapid global scan. It functions narratively to contrast distant technical operations (drone testing) with the intimate moral crisis about Khundu that follows, underlining competing priorities.

Before: Scheduled for field tests at Camp Red Cloud; operational and under test control.

After: Still scheduled/under test; its mention remains informational rather than materially affected by the Khundu exchange.

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